Incidence and survival in late liver metastases of colorectal cancer.

Background And Aims: Data concerning the risk of long-term liver metastasis following surgery of colorectal cancer in the general population are scarce. The 10-year incidence and prognosis of metachronous liver metastases remain unknown.

Methods: Among 4584 patients resected for cure for colorectal cancer recorded in two French digestive population-based cancer registries between 1985 and 2000, 602 presented metastases including liver metastases.

Intraperitoneal rupture of the bladder after urinary catheterization.

Intraperitoneal rupture of the bladder is a rare cause of peritonitis. Intraperitoneal rupture of the bladder was diagnosed during an emergency laparotomy for suspected mesenteric ischemia. The patient had undergone iterative urinary catheterization after a vascular bypass.